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Danuta Goc-Jagło

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A nonstandard statistics for strongly correlated systems: Two simple examples

We discuss two different cases of strongly correlated fermions statistics. The first of them is the non-Fermi liquid (NFL) case, $i.e.$, that of fermions with exclusion of doubly occupancy of quasimomentum states $\{\bf k\}$ with opposite spins ($\uparrow\downarrow$). The second is that of statistical spin liquid (SSL) case, in which the fermion spins hop around and mix with the holes (unoccupied) states. For both cases we calculate the system entropy and the corresponding statistical distribution function, analyzed for a two-dimensional square-lattice filling $n\in [0,1]$ and relative temperature $k_B T/|t|$, where $t<0$ is the nearest neighbor hopping integral. We are particularly interested in the situation when the system of itinerant fermions reduce to the Mott-insulator state for the half-filled band ($n\to1$). This limiting situation signals a qualitative difference between the present SSL statistics and that of uncorrelated fermions representing normal Fermi-liquid state.

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Strain-induced Aharonov-Bohm effect at nanoscale and ground state of a carbon nanotube with zigzag edges

Magnetic flux piercing a carbon nanotube induce periodic gap oscillations which represent the Aharonov-Bohm effect at nanoscale. Here we point out, by analyzing numerically the anisotropic Hubbard model on a honeycomb lattice, that similar oscillations should be observable when uniaxial strain is applied to a nanotube. In both cases, a vector potential (magnetic- or strain-induced) may affect the measurable quantities at zero field. The analysis, carried out within the Gutzwiller Approximation, shows that for small semiconducting nanotube with zigzag edges and realistic value of the Hubbard repulsion ($U/t_0=1.6$, with $t_0\approx{}2.5\,$eV being the equilibrium hopping integral) energy gap can be reduced by a factor of more than $100$ due to the strain.

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Mott transition in the Hubbard model on anisotropic honeycomb lattice with implications for strained graphene: Gutzwiller variational study

Modification of interatomic distances due to high pressure leads to exotic phenomena, including metallicity, superconductivity and magnetism, observed in materials not showing such properties in normal conditions. In two-dimensional crystals, such as graphene, atomic bond lengths can be modified by more that 10 percent by applying in-plane strain, i.e., without generating high pressure in the bulk. In this work, we study the strain-induced Mott transition on a honeycomb lattice by using computationally inexpensive techniques, including Gutzwiller Wave Function (GWF) and different variants of Gutzwiller Approximation (GA), obtaining the lower and upper bounds for critical Hubbard repulsion ($U$) of electrons. For uniaxial strain in the armchair direction the band gap is absent, and electron correlations play a dominant role. A significant reduction of the critical Hubbard $U$ is predicted. Model considerations are mapped onto tight-binding Hamiltonian for monolayer graphene by the auxiliary Su-Schrieffer-Heeger model for acoustic phonons, assuming zero stress in the direction perpendicular to the strain applied. Our results suggest that graphene, although staying in semimetallic phase even for extremely high uniaxial strains, may show measurable signatures of electron correlations, such as the band narrowing and the reduction of double occupancies.

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Collective spin and charge excitations in the $t$-$J$-$U$ model of high-$T_c$ cuprates

The $t$-$J$-$U$ model of high-$T_c$ copper-oxide superconductors incorporates both the on-site Coulomb repulsion and kinetic exchange interaction and yields a semi-quantitative description of the static properties of those materials. We extend this analysis to dynamic quantities and address collective spin- and charge excitations in the correlated metallic state of the $t$-$J$-$U$ model. We employ VWF+$1/\mathcal{N}_f$ approach that combines the variational wave function (VWF) approach with the expansion in the inverse number of fermionic flavors ($1/\mathcal{N}_f$). It is shown that the resonant (paramagnon) contribution to the dynamic magnetic susceptibility remains robust as one interpolates between the Hubbard- and $t$-$J$-model limits, whereas the incoherent continuum undergoes substantial renormalization. Energy of the collective charge mode diminishes as the strong-coupling limit is approached. We also introduce the concept of effective kinetic exchange interaction that allows for a unified interpretation of magnetic dynamics in the Hubbard, $t$-$J$, and $t$-$J$-$U$ models. The results are discussed in the context of recent resonant inelastic $x$-ray scattering experiments for the high-$T_c$ cuprates.

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